Reading STAAR Academic Vocabulary

Front

The text of a play, film, or broadcast

Back

script

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Front

Words with the opposite meaning.

Back

Antonym

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

The paragraphs of poetry.

Back

Stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Things such as headings, captions, photos, and graphics in a text.

Back

Text Features

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Front

Conversation between characters in a story is an author's use of _____________________ and will usually include quotations marks.

Back

dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Front

A word that has the same or similar meaning as another word.

Back

Synonym

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The main idea or message of a text.

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience.

Back

Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

The sequence of events in a story.

Back

Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.5.3